BE and MSc in Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut. 2008, Minister of Telecommunications; established the roadmap policy paper for the sector defining its strategic long-term development, mainly through the modernization of the services and the opening of the market for competition. 2009-14, led the Ministry of Energy and Water; initiated the mapping of Lebanon as an oil and gas country; triggered major reforms in the energy and water sectors, thus paving the ground for a sustainable development of all these key economic sectors. Since February 2014, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Republic of Lebanon; committed to the continuous engagement of the ministry alongside the Lebanese diaspora; main focus is to drive Lebanese diplomacy towards a renewed leading role both regionally and internationally. Since 2015, Head of the Free Patriotic Movement.